While you're waiting for the next #ROYS conference, we've been notified of a great opportunity to scratch that #YorkshiresPast itch!

Our friends at #YAHS are hosting a Yorkshire History Conference on 1st November 2025, with tickets priced at £20.

Find more details here: tinyurl.com/mr3n6cca

New #ROYSCast now available!

In this episode, author @alexharvv.bsky.social joins @adamcook.bsky.social and @jfarley.bsky.social to discuss his love of archaeology, recent book 'Forgotten Vikings', and upcoming work 'Little Kingdoms: An A-Z of Early Medieval Britain'

Listen here: bit.ly/4lV4SmQ

We had a great time in Scarborough yesterday at the annual ROYS conference.

Huge thanks to all of our wonderful speakers, and to those of you who came to be part of the audience!

We'll be in touch with details for next year as soon as we have them, as well as other exciting ROYS outputs.

There are just over 2 weeks left until ROYS 2025 takes place in Scarborough!

If Yorkshire History, Heritage, Literature - and more - are your thing then don't miss your chance to join us for a fantastic day of papers.

View our programme, and book your tickets, at: shorturl.at/5YAm3

#Yorkshire

Don't forget to book your tickets! 🎫

Join us on Friday 6th June for a Yorkshire-filled day of talks, all for free. 🏖️

Register and view the programme here: shorturl.at/5YAm3

#Yorkshire #History #HistorianSky #Culture #Scarborough #EnglishLiterature #MedievalSky #20thCenturyHistory #EarlyModern

We're excited to announce our second keynote this year will be Professor Joann Fletcher.

Jo is a British Egyptologist and BAFTA-winning TV personality, and has gained recognition in both the field of archaeology, and for her tv programmes.

Find out more about Jo at www.immortalegypt.co.uk/about

Don't miss your chance to speak at ROYS 25, get your paper abstract proposal to us by the end of TODAY.

Details of ticket booking will follow for attendees in the coming weeks.

There's just over a week left to get your paper abstract to us.

You can find our call for papers here: ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/call-for-pap...

Deadline - 1st April

There's still time to submit your paper abstract for this year's conference!

If you'd like to share your work with us in Scarborough, get in touch before Tuesday 1st April at ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com

Full details below:

POV: You're wondering how we organise a stellar free conference on Yorkshire's past each year.

There's still time to speak at this year's event, find our call for papers at www.ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/call-for-papers-2025/

Deadline - 01/04/2025
Conference - 06/06/2025, Scarborough

There's now just under a month to get your abstract for this year's conference to us! Please do share our CFP with anyone you think might be interested.

As always, we're seeking submissions of papers relating to an element of Yorkshire's past - any period, any subject!

Find out more below 👇

If you're working on Yorkshire's past, we want to hear from you! Submit your paper abstract for our fourth annual conference in Scarborough.

Full details below 👇

ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/call-for-pap...

We're delighted to announce that this year's ROYS conference will be held at Scarborough Library, on Friday 6th June 2025.

We're seeking papers on any element of Yorkshire's past for the conference, now in its fourth year. Our full call for papers can be found below 👇

A second series, you say?

We're delighted that ROYSCast will return soon with all new episodes. We'll keep you updated here when the new series begins, in the meantime why not explore our back catalogue of episodes?

Available at all good podcast providers, and at shows.acast.com/royscast

We're creating a starter pack of people working on #Yorkshire 's Past!

This can include academics, non-academics, local historians, enthusiasts, content creators - anyone at all!

If you'd like to be added to the starter pack, please let us know in the replies and we'll add you to the list!

Don't forget to submit your paper proposal if you'd like to speak at ROYS this year! If you have any questions, get in touch at ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com or visit ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk

Thinking of submitting a paper to ROYS but not attended before? Why not have a look at how our previous conferences have taken before shape in our new programme archive at ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/programme-ar...

You can find 2024's call for papers below 👇

We're delighted to announce that ROYS is back once again on the 13th and 14th June 2024 at the wonderful Huddersfield University's Heritage Quay. Our call for papers is now open, you can find more details below. If you have any questions please get in touch!